30.7.06
Movie Review: Donnie Darko
I am awe-struck. I absolutely love this movie. Unfortunately there's very little I can say without it being a spoiler. I can say that it's really hard to think of a proper genre for this movie. It fits so many categories that you can't really assign it to any one in particular. If you like any of the following, then do yourself a favor and rent or even buy this movie. It's just that good. It'll make you think. I have created a little schematic with my interpretation for those of you who have already seen it. But its quite a spoiler, so don't pay any attention if you haven't seen it.
25.7.06
San Diego Comic Con
Well, I barely survived. But back to that later. For now, let's focus on the good things, shall we? My dad had something really cool happen to him: he ran into Joss Whedon! (if you don't know who that is, then stop reading this blog. You're not welcome here.) He managed to get Joss to sign a copy of "Done the Impossible", a documentary about browncoats. It is now one of my most treasured possessions. Actually, on the subject of Firefly, I have one of the bad things I told you about earlier: I GOT SICK DURING THE COMIC-CON! ARGH! We were all sitting in a little room where there was a SoCal browncoats thing going on, and I felt that feeling when you're about to barf where you feel like someone's pulling your stomach down to your pelvis? Well, I was feeling that, and I decided that I could handle it because I really wanted to stay for the firefly thing. That was an idea so horribly flawed that the word 'bad' doesn't really carry enough meaning. Well, at the last second I realized how abysmally stupid I was being and rushed out of the auditorium, looking frantically for a bathroom, when I encountered a problem; there were two bathrooms, yes, but they were equal distances from me. I took too long hesitating and trying to decide which one to go for, when I puked my guts out ALL OVER THE FLOOR OF THE CONVENTION CENTER (it was carpet XD). Immediately there came this cry, in chorus, of "UUUUUUGGGHGHH" from the other patrons of the Con. But in my opinion that was the best place to have done something like that, because no one ridiculed me or anything, and a few people were nice enough to give me water and stuff. If you five (you know who you are) happen to be reading this, thanks a lot. Of course, there wasn't as much people could do when I puked up about a quart of -stuff- in the front of my dad's car. Oh well, I'm fine now.
sorry dad...
but anyways, aside from the puking and the splitting headache that accompanied and preceded it, comic-con was a blast. I got a ton of swag, including one of those V for Vendetta masks and a Naruto headband(hidden sound).
w00t!
but the line was terrible: longer than the convention center, it was, and about 100 people. I would say it was about 100% humidity and as hot as it can get with that amount of moisture in the air, and in the face of all this trouble there were people who dared to cut in line! Well, my dad certainly set them straight! "Did you guys take cuts?" he asked, and they ignored him. So he yells the same thing, just a little bit louder. At this point, it's obvious they're ashamed and trying not to show it. So my dad turns around and screams to high heaven to all the people behind us "Hey! These three people, this one, this one, and this one, just cut in line! In this weather! How do you all feel about that?" and there are cries of "nuke 'em" and "back of the line" coming from the crowd, and now these people are so embarrassed they can't bear it, and one of them turns around and says "oh, shut up. Can you be a little bit more mature?" and my dad replies "you guys are the ones who cut in line..". This woman retorts "well, we didn't know that we cut!". They could have fixed that real easily, couldn't they? And then another of the people in this cutting group turns around and says to my dad, who is a good foot taller than this
guy, "hey, I might have to come back there and slap you around if you don't shut up." Not something to say when there are 50 people within immediate hearing who are more than happy to call a security guard and get you hauled out of line.
sucks to him.
Kan wuh-mun tzun muh suh bah!
sorry dad...
but anyways, aside from the puking and the splitting headache that accompanied and preceded it, comic-con was a blast. I got a ton of swag, including one of those V for Vendetta masks and a Naruto headband(hidden sound).
w00t!
but the line was terrible: longer than the convention center, it was, and about 100 people. I would say it was about 100% humidity and as hot as it can get with that amount of moisture in the air, and in the face of all this trouble there were people who dared to cut in line! Well, my dad certainly set them straight! "Did you guys take cuts?" he asked, and they ignored him. So he yells the same thing, just a little bit louder. At this point, it's obvious they're ashamed and trying not to show it. So my dad turns around and screams to high heaven to all the people behind us "Hey! These three people, this one, this one, and this one, just cut in line! In this weather! How do you all feel about that?" and there are cries of "nuke 'em" and "back of the line" coming from the crowd, and now these people are so embarrassed they can't bear it, and one of them turns around and says "oh, shut up. Can you be a little bit more mature?" and my dad replies "you guys are the ones who cut in line..". This woman retorts "well, we didn't know that we cut!". They could have fixed that real easily, couldn't they? And then another of the people in this cutting group turns around and says to my dad, who is a good foot taller than this
guy, "hey, I might have to come back there and slap you around if you don't shut up." Not something to say when there are 50 people within immediate hearing who are more than happy to call a security guard and get you hauled out of line.
sucks to him.
Kan wuh-mun tzun muh suh bah!
19.7.06
Bullshit levels reached an all-time high yesterday
Wow.
Wow.
Wow.
I F*$^#@! HATE AIRPLANE TRAVEL...
I had to fly back home from Illinois yesterday, and quite a bit of stuff happened. First, there was a huge jam of people in the line to get through security, and so they started routing people through the special first class security booth.
WHY DO THEY EVEN HAVE A FIRST-CLASS SECURITY BOOTH?
I realize they paid the airline more, but it's not like they paid the airport any more money, so why does the airport treat them to special privileges? I'm sure they can stand to be in line for just as long as the rest of us. But not one certain unscrupulous character. oh no. this guy told everyone in the line that he was gonna miss his flight, and squeezed through to the front of the line. I, for one, knew he was lying. not only was he muttering and talking fast, but he was also blinking a whole lot, which might be things someone in as hurry might do, but I don't know what else it could have been that made me think he was lying. Anyways, an hour and as half later, we were in the food court. I could hardly restrain myself. I wanted so badly to just go over and say, loudly "Gosh, I guess you missed your flight, and after all the people you pushed ahead of in line too! Hey everyone! this poor guy had to pushed in front of the whole security line, and he STILL missed his flight! why else would he be standing here?" and then calmly walk away. OH, how i wish i had done that... One cool thing about security, though, i got asked if i had ID because the woman thought i was old enough to have one...I was soo happy!
We still made the plane, and I got a book from the bookstore entitled "Sun Tzu was a Sissy: How to wage the real Art of War". It's pretty good so far, i recommend you check it out. But, while we were on the plane, it became known that the airport we were due to land at had a power failure, and we were going to land in Denver, Colorado. That was quite a surprise. Thankfully, the Santa Ana airport got thier power back on, and we landed sucessfully. In other news, it sucks to be labled as an "Unaccompanied Minor", because you just get handled to many different people in a very short period of time, none of whom have any real interest in you, and you end up feeling like nothing more than a spoiled bit of shredded organ(chopped liver).
They did show Failure to Launch on the plane, though(irony, anyone?), and I watched that. It was OK, i think. too much of a chick flick for my tastes, but that IS how it's supoosed to be, Unlike superman. I define it as a chick flick because it's all about the woman having all the power in the relationship and being able to leave men very quickly and quietly. I think it qualifies as spousal abuse when either member of a relationship as all the control, no matter the gender. I don't have anything to say in particular about the movie, though. just that it was a chick flick.
Remember the Teutoberg!
Wow.
Wow.
I F*$^#@! HATE AIRPLANE TRAVEL...
I had to fly back home from Illinois yesterday, and quite a bit of stuff happened. First, there was a huge jam of people in the line to get through security, and so they started routing people through the special first class security booth.
WHY DO THEY EVEN HAVE A FIRST-CLASS SECURITY BOOTH?
I realize they paid the airline more, but it's not like they paid the airport any more money, so why does the airport treat them to special privileges? I'm sure they can stand to be in line for just as long as the rest of us. But not one certain unscrupulous character. oh no. this guy told everyone in the line that he was gonna miss his flight, and squeezed through to the front of the line. I, for one, knew he was lying. not only was he muttering and talking fast, but he was also blinking a whole lot, which might be things someone in as hurry might do, but I don't know what else it could have been that made me think he was lying. Anyways, an hour and as half later, we were in the food court. I could hardly restrain myself. I wanted so badly to just go over and say, loudly "Gosh, I guess you missed your flight, and after all the people you pushed ahead of in line too! Hey everyone! this poor guy had to pushed in front of the whole security line, and he STILL missed his flight! why else would he be standing here?" and then calmly walk away. OH, how i wish i had done that... One cool thing about security, though, i got asked if i had ID because the woman thought i was old enough to have one...I was soo happy!
We still made the plane, and I got a book from the bookstore entitled "Sun Tzu was a Sissy: How to wage the real Art of War". It's pretty good so far, i recommend you check it out. But, while we were on the plane, it became known that the airport we were due to land at had a power failure, and we were going to land in Denver, Colorado. That was quite a surprise. Thankfully, the Santa Ana airport got thier power back on, and we landed sucessfully. In other news, it sucks to be labled as an "Unaccompanied Minor", because you just get handled to many different people in a very short period of time, none of whom have any real interest in you, and you end up feeling like nothing more than a spoiled bit of shredded organ(chopped liver).
They did show Failure to Launch on the plane, though(irony, anyone?), and I watched that. It was OK, i think. too much of a chick flick for my tastes, but that IS how it's supoosed to be, Unlike superman. I define it as a chick flick because it's all about the woman having all the power in the relationship and being able to leave men very quickly and quietly. I think it qualifies as spousal abuse when either member of a relationship as all the control, no matter the gender. I don't have anything to say in particular about the movie, though. just that it was a chick flick.
Remember the Teutoberg!
17.7.06
SORRYSORRYSORRY
I've been a-travelin', and I had little chance to update my blog. I'm not gonna say much here because I have very little time to do so, but suffice to say I'm not dead or something, and regular updates will begin soon.
I got a new phone to replace my old broken one today, and ya know what? IT WAS BROKEN TOO! they sent me a friggin broken phone! that makes me mad! but I managed to brave customer support and got them to send me a third phone, so we'll see how that works out.
I'm looking forward to the san diego comic-con, more on that later.
See you somewhere in the world.
I got a new phone to replace my old broken one today, and ya know what? IT WAS BROKEN TOO! they sent me a friggin broken phone! that makes me mad! but I managed to brave customer support and got them to send me a third phone, so we'll see how that works out.
I'm looking forward to the san diego comic-con, more on that later.
See you somewhere in the world.
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